On 9 November 2016 at 21:41, Charles C. Berry <ccbe...@ucsd.edu> wrote: > The org src block is just a container. Its body is a src block template that > gets copied into the variable `tmpl', which if filled and placed in file can > be tangled.
That makes sense, but it seems to conflict with what you illustrate: #+RESULTS: #+BEGIN_src org ,#+BEGIN_SRC shell :tangle abc.sh ls -lt my-dir ,#+END_SRC #+END_src I'd expect/want: #+RESULTS: #+BEGIN_SRC shell :tangle abc.sh ls -lt my-dir #+END_SRC Wouldn't I? > Alternatively, you can eval (setq tmpl "<template string>") somewhere (maybe > in a local variables block), where the <template string> part is the > template. > > But it seems easier to edit the template as an org src block - C-c ' puts > your template in an OrgSrc buffer, then moving point to a src block and > typing M-x org-edit-src-code puts its body in another OrgSrc buffer where > you can edit it in the shell-mode or whatever mode. > > Also, I suppose that template should have been an ssh-config src block to > conform with your earlier posting. But I think you get the idea. Yes, that's no problem, I adapt it mutatis mutandum. -- Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.ddns.net Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) ID: 0x887DCA63
